"I was on maternity leave and, looking back, I may have been having a manic episode. I'd had a long string of admin jobs that I hated. Usually, it was the case that I didn't know what my job was and nobody else did either. When I was 29, I thought: I haven't really done anything creative or put myself out there. Here I am with two kids, what am I doing? So I signed up for an open mic night."
"She was six months pregnant and we were all very judgy. I shouldn't have been because that was me the following year. Immaculate, when I was growing up, was the biggest compliment a woman could pay another woman, mother to mother. That her house was immaculate, her children were immaculate while she was probably having a breakdown. So, that's where it comes from and the show is all about family."
She began stand-up while on maternity leave, retrospectively suspecting a manic episode, after a series of unsatisfying admin jobs. At 29 she signed up for an open mic to try creativity rather than pursue money. The show Emmaculate centers on family and motherhood, inspired by the cultural idea of 'immaculate' as a prized appearance despite private struggle, and by a school talent-show anecdote with a nod to Madonna. Rapid ticket demand provokes anxiety and constant ticket-page refreshing. Preshow rituals include moving her body and doing squats; a strange fan encounter involved cookies with her face, which she discarded.
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